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28 Trust in your money and down you go!
    But the godly flourish like leaves in spring.

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28 Trust in your money and down you go! Trust in God and flourish as a tree!

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30 The seeds of good deeds become a tree of life;
    a wise person wins friends.[a]

31 If the righteous are rewarded here on earth,
    what will happen to wicked sinners?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 11:30 Or and those who win souls are wise.
  2. 11:31 Greek version reads If the righteous are barely saved, / what will happen to godless sinners? Compare 1 Pet 4:18.

30 Godly men are growing a tree that bears life-giving fruit, and all who win souls are wise.[a]

31 Even the godly shall be rewarded here on earth; how much more the wicked!

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 all who win souls are wise, or “he that is wise wins souls.”

19 Evil people will bow before good people;
    the wicked will bow at the gates of the godly.

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19 Evil men shall bow before the godly.

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32 The wicked are crushed by disaster,
    but the godly have a refuge when they die.

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32 The godly have a refuge when they die, but the wicked are crushed by their sins.

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There is treasure in the house of the godly,
    but the earnings of the wicked bring trouble.

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There is treasure in being good, but trouble dogs the wicked.

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28 The heart of the godly thinks carefully before speaking;
    the mouth of the wicked overflows with evil words.

29 The Lord is far from the wicked,
    but he hears the prayers of the righteous.

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28 A good man thinks before he speaks; the evil man pours out his evil words without a thought.

29 The Lord is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayers of the righteous.

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10 The name of the Lord is a strong fortress;
    the godly run to him and are safe.

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10 The Lord[a] is a strong fortress. The godly run to him and are safe.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:10 The Lord, literally, “The name of the Lord.”

15 Justice is a joy to the godly,
    but it terrifies evildoers.

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15 A good man loves justice, but it is a calamity to evildoers.

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18 The wicked are punished in place of the godly,
    and traitors in place of the honest.

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18 The wicked will finally lose; the righteous will finally win.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:18 The wicked will finally lose; the righteous will finally win, literally, “The wicked is a ransom for the righteous.”

26 Some people are always greedy for more,
    but the godly love to give!

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25-26 The lazy man longs for many things, but his hands refuse to work. He is greedy to get, while the godly love to give!

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15 Don’t wait in ambush at the home of the godly,
    and don’t raid the house where the godly live.
16 The godly may trip seven times, but they will get up again.
    But one disaster is enough to overthrow the wicked.

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15-16 O evil man, leave the upright man alone and quit trying to cheat him out of his rights. Don’t you know that this good man, though you trip him up seven times, will each time rise again? But one calamity is enough to lay you low.

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28 The wicked run away when no one is chasing them,
    but the godly are as bold as lions.

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28 The wicked flee when no one is chasing them! But the godly are bold as lions!

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